As support of my position that there is little correlation between what some kid is doing in early puberty, and what he will become as an adult, I present a 14 year old who was going to find the cure for cancer.....

I think he looks like he's having a great time, but concentrating hard.

In this vid, he's definitely getting his groove and might be a better indicator of his future, although as was said above, what's he going to do with all this technique besides play other peoples music?

Also I was kind of shocked by the comment that said this song is normally played with top 3 strings in octaves of D and he's playing in standard tuning. Wow!

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"I dreamed a lot when I was younger..I'm older now but still I hungerFor some understanding.There's no understanding, now.Was there ever?...Joe Puerta (Ambrosia)...

I always feel kind of damped down when I see a nine-year-old shredding Paul Gilbert's songs. However, I also find it inspirational, and many times it boosts my own training. We can all be, and most of us are, really jealous at these guys.

But the fact that they're great players or that they have a great technique doesn't mean that we couldn't play awesome licks someday, too.

Tommy Emmanuel and his brother Phil used to tour as kids. The cover of their collab album " Terra Firma" has a shot of them from childhood touring days.

There are so many technical shredders on youtube but after a while it all sounds the same. If the music doesn't 'feel' then who cares how good you are? Whether it's fun, anger, joy, depression, whatever...emotion is what music is about.

Tommy Emmanuel and his brother Phil used to tour as kids. The cover of their collab album " Terra Firma" has a shot of them from childhood touring days.

There are so many technical shredders on youtube but after a while it all sounds the same. If the music doesn't 'feel' then who cares how good you are? Whether it's fun, anger, joy, depression, whatever...emotion is what music is about.